3pm - Marianne Bern / 4pm - Lisa Hein

Join host James Moore at 2pm for a live in studio interview with Broadway actor Stephen DeRosa, who is appearing this week and next as Captain Hook in Way Off Broadway's production of J.M. Barie's PETER PAN at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts.

You may remember Stephen's unforgettable performance as Marcus Likus in the production of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM.

James will speak with Mrs. Marianne Bern at 3pm. November 9th, 2008, is the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the night of broken glass in which windows of Jewish shops, and entire synagogues, were destroyed in many places in Germany, a prelude to the Nazi atrocities against Jews and WW II.

Mrs. Bern, currently of Cedar Rapids, personally witnessed Kristallnacht and was one of the last people to be in her synagogue before its destruction. She is the mother of Dan Bern, a talented singer/songwriter. She's speaking in Iowa City on Sunday November 9th at 2:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library, 123 South Linn Street to commemorate the event.

At 4pm, join James for a discussion on land management and natural resource development with Lisa Hein, Program and Planning, Director of the Iowaa Natural Heritage Foundation. She was in Eldon on a project and is in Fairfield today visiting with her mother.  read more »

Back in September when I read Wasilla, Alaska native Anne Kilkenny's viral email about her take on John McCain's choice for running mate, former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin, I inquired to see if she'd like to speak with me on Planet Erstwild.

By the time she responded this week, I'd all but forgotten I'd even written. 'Sorry not to get back sooner,' she wrote, 'but your request was buried in 13,700 emails I've received.'  read more »

...and that's not all!

I'll be speaking with Jared Mees, leader of Jared Mees and the Grown Children, who will be playing Iowa City at PUBLIC SPACE ONE w/ Finn Riggins Tuesday, October 14. These guys kick it royal and Jared is a multi-tasker's multi-tasker, involved in a veritable bevy of projects.

Also, replaying the Tanner & Moore special featuring former The Financial Times South Asian editor Alexandra Harney highlighting her book, "THE CHINA PRICE: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage."  read more »